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Glad to do research! Can you give me pointers? This seems like the sort of problem we ought to learn to solve. That's why I'd like us to try things, and I'm ha

• pixl97 3y ago
  If you want a book that directly faces the problem look at "Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization: Selected Case Studies". Of course you'll want to balance that out with books that just talk about the general challenges and successes, in which I'd recommend just looking at books.google.com on writings by the US Army Corp of Engineers. They talk about practical mitigations for different types of erosion. Most success stories are going to be based on things like using plants/growth to trap and build sand, which typically means lowering human access to the beach and ensuring tall things that interrupt wind flow are not near the beach. For example mangroves in climates that allow them to grow. There are also plenty of examples poing out by the C of E on things that cannot be solved. If you built a city near a portion of the beach that was eroding long before humankind appeared in to the picture, all you can do is slow that erosion and at great expense. The ocean is far more powerful than you can imagine.
  • blagie 3y ago
    Thank you!